Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Syria

Methane emissions in Syria in 2024 — 6.14 Mt. Ranked 80 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 381.2%.

2024 6.14 Mt −4.6% vs 2023
World rank 80of 199
Period maximum 35.09 Mt1994
Period minimum 0.81 Mt1930

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Syria, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.28 Mt1853: 1.28 Mt1856: 1.29 Mt1859: 1.3 Mt1862: 1.31 Mt1865: 1.32 Mt1868: 1.33 Mt1871: 1.35 Mt1874: 1.4 Mt1877: 1.45 Mt1880: 1.49 Mt1883: 1.54 Mt1886: 1.59 Mt1889: 1.63 Mt1892: 1.64 Mt1895: 1.62 Mt1898: 1.61 Mt1901: 1.57 Mt1904: 1.48 Mt1907: 1.39 Mt1910: 1.31 Mt1913: 1.23 Mt1916: 1.15 Mt1919: 1.07 Mt1922: 1 Mt1925: 0.92 Mt1928: 0.85 Mt1931: 0.83 Mt1934: 0.89 Mt1937: 0.95 Mt1940: 1.02 Mt1943: 1.11 Mt1946: 1.21 Mt1949: 1.3 Mt1952: 1.61 Mt1955: 2.35 Mt1958: 2.88 Mt1961: 3.43 Mt1964: 4.84 Mt1967: 5.48 Mt1970: 7.75 Mt1973: 7.98 Mt1976: 12.86 Mt1979: 12.19 Mt1982: 13.18 Mt1985: 14.13 Mt1988: 19.46 Mt1991: 31.91 Mt1994: 35.09 Mt1997: 33.51 Mt2000: 33.84 Mt2003: 21.88 Mt2006: 19.61 Mt2009: 19.7 Mt2012: 13.56 Mt2015: 9.5 Mt2018: 7.03 Mt2021: 6.58 Mt2024: 6.14 Mt
Change over the period: +4.86 (+381.18%) Average annual rate: 0.91 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Syria

Syria 6.14 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Middle East & North Africa computed 823.03 Mt
Western Asia computed 597.81 Mt
Low-income countries computed 657.97 Mt
Methane emissions — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 6.14 −0.3 −4.6%
2023 6.43 +0.1 +1.52%
2022 6.34 −0.25 −3.74%
2021 6.58 −0.48 −6.76%
2020 7.06 +0.09 +1.25%
2019 6.97 −0.06 −0.88%
2018 7.03 −1.75 −19.92%
2017 8.78 −0.5 −5.4%
2016 9.28 −0.22 −2.28%
2015 9.5 −0.46 −4.62%
2014 9.96 −0.72 −6.75%
2013 10.68 −2.88 −21.24%
2012 13.56 −5.05 −27.15%
2011 18.62 −0.59 −3.07%
2010 19.2 −0.5 −2.52%
2009 19.7 +1.44 +7.86%
2008 18.27 −1.52 −7.7%
2007 19.79 +0.18 +0.91%
2006 19.61 −0.91 −4.44%
2005 20.52 +0.52 +2.62%
2004 20 −1.88 −8.59%
2003 21.88 −0.06 −0.29%
2002 21.94 −4.65 −17.47%
2001 26.59 −7.25 −21.43%
2000 33.84 +1.29 +3.97%
1999 32.55 +0.05 +0.14%
1998 32.5 −1 −2.99%
1997 33.51 −1.12 −3.23%
1996 34.63 −0.19 −0.54%
1995 34.81 −0.28 −0.8%
1994 35.09 +0.71 +2.06%
1993 34.39 +2.93 +9.3%
1992 31.46 −0.45 −1.41%
1991 31.91 +5.48 +20.72%
1990 26.43 +2.8 +11.83%
1989 23.64 +4.17 +21.45%
1988 19.46 +2.2 +12.71%
1987 17.27 +2.25 +15%
1986 15.02 +0.89 +6.28%
1985 14.13 +0.18 +1.29%
1984 13.95 +0.07 +0.48%
1983 13.88 +0.7 +5.32%
1982 13.18 −0.17 −1.24%
1981 13.35 +0.44 +3.44%
1980 12.9 +0.71 +5.81%
1979 12.19 −0.91 −6.97%
1978 13.11 +0.92 +7.54%
1977 12.19 −0.67 −5.23%
1976 12.86 +0.64 +5.19%
1975 12.23 +3.23 +35.92%
1974 8.99 +1.02 +12.78%
1973 7.98 −0.32 −3.81%
1972 8.29 +0.54 +6.93%
1971 7.75 +0 +0%
1970 7.75 +0.15 +1.92%
1969 7.61 +1.1 +16.83%
1968 6.51 +1.04 +18.92%
1967 5.48 −0.14 −2.46%
1966 5.61 +1.02 +22.26%
1965 4.59 −0.25 −5.07%
1964 4.84 +0.73 +17.83%
1963 4.11 +0.46 +12.47%
1962 3.65 +0.22 +6.32%
1961 3.43 −0.26 −6.94%
1960 3.69 +0.69 +22.84%
1959 3 +0.12 +4.13%
1958 2.88 +0.19 +6.85%
1957 2.7 +0.09 +3.29%
1956 2.61 +0.26 +11.05%
1955 2.35 +0.6 +34.23%
1954 1.75 +0.09 +5.22%
1953 1.67 +0.06 +3.74%
1952 1.61 +0.08 +5.04%
1951 1.53 +0.04 +2.48%
1950 1.49 +0.19 +14.68%
1949 1.3 +0.03 +2.52%
1948 1.27 +0.03 +2.59%
1947 1.24 +0.03 +2.66%
1946 1.21 +0.03 +2.64%
1945 1.17 +0.03 +2.71%
1944 1.14 +0.03 +2.79%
1943 1.11 +0.03 +2.77%
1942 1.08 +0.03 +2.85%
1941 1.05 +0.03 +2.83%
1940 1.02 +0.04 +4.39%
1939 0.98 +0.02 +1.55%
1938 0.97 +0.02 +1.69%
1937 0.95 +0.02 +1.93%
1936 0.93 +0.02 +2.2%
1935 0.91 +0.02 +1.9%
1934 0.89 +0.02 +2.05%
1933 0.88 +0.02 +2.46%
1932 0.86 +0.02 +2.76%
1931 0.83 +0.03 +3.23%
1930 0.81 −0.02 −2.77%
1929 0.83 −0.02 −2.7%
1928 0.85 −0.02 −2.63%
1927 0.88 −0.02 −2.56%
1926 0.9 −0.02 −2.6%
1925 0.92 −0.02 −2.54%
1924 0.95 −0.02 −2.47%
1923 0.97 −0.03 −2.51%
1922 1 −0.03 −2.45%
1921 1.02 −0.02 −2.39%
1920 1.05 −0.03 −2.34%
1919 1.07 −0.02 −2.28%
1918 1.1 −0.03 −2.32%
1917 1.12 −0.03 −2.27%
1916 1.15 −0.03 −2.22%
1915 1.17 −0.03 −2.17%
1914 1.2 −0.03 −2.2%
1913 1.23 −0.03 −2.15%
1912 1.25 −0.03 −2.11%
1911 1.28 −0.03 −2.14%
1910 1.31 −0.03 −2.1%
1909 1.34 −0.03 −1.98%
1908 1.36 −0.03 −2.08%
1907 1.39 −0.03 −1.97%
1906 1.42 −0.03 −2%
1905 1.45 −0.03 −1.96%
1904 1.48 −0.03 −1.92%
1903 1.51 −0.03 −1.89%
1902 1.54 −0.03 −1.92%
1901 1.57 −0.03 −1.88%
1900 1.6 −0 −0.31%
1899 1.6 −0.01 −0.31%
1898 1.61 −0 −0.31%
1897 1.61 −0.01 −0.31%
1896 1.62 −0 −0.31%
1895 1.62 −0 −0.31%
1894 1.63 −0 −0.25%
1893 1.63 −0.01 −0.31%
1892 1.64 −0 −0.3%
1891 1.64 −0.01 −0.3%
1890 1.65 +0.02 +0.92%
1889 1.63 +0.01 +0.93%
1888 1.62 +0.01 +0.94%
1887 1.6 +0.02 +0.95%
1886 1.59 +0.01 +0.96%
1885 1.57 +0.02 +1.03%
1884 1.55 +0.02 +0.97%
1883 1.54 +0.01 +0.98%
1882 1.52 +0.02 +1.06%
1881 1.51 +0.01 +1%
1880 1.49 +0.02 +1.08%
1879 1.48 +0.02 +1.03%
1878 1.46 +0.02 +1.11%
1877 1.45 +0.02 +1.12%
1876 1.43 +0.01 +1.06%
1875 1.42 +0.02 +1.14%
1874 1.4 +0.02 +1.16%
1873 1.38 +0.02 +1.17%
1872 1.37 +0.02 +1.18%
1871 1.35 +0.01 +1.12%
1870 1.34 +0 +0.23%
1869 1.33 +0 +0.23%
1868 1.33 +0 +0.23%
1867 1.33 +0 +0.23%
1866 1.32 +0 +0.23%
1865 1.32 +0 +0.23%
1864 1.32 +0 +0.23%
1863 1.32 +0 +0.23%
1862 1.31 +0 +0.23%
1861 1.31 +0 +0.31%
1860 1.31 +0 +0.23%
1859 1.3 +0 +0.23%
1858 1.3 +0 +0.23%
1857 1.3 +0 +0.23%
1856 1.29 +0 +0.23%
1855 1.29 +0 +0.23%
1854 1.29 +0 +0.23%
1853 1.28 +0 +0.23%
1852 1.28 +0 +0.23%
1851 1.28 +0 +0.24%
1850 1.28

About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.